There's no such thing as bad publicity they say, and so it seems for 2DayFM, though not for Ray Hadley.

The 2Day network has well and truly bounced back after having been tarred and feathered for its on-air royal prank, which dominated headlines for weeks in December and led to an advertising hiatus in the immediate aftermath.

The latest radio survey results break across the event, covering the period from October 28 to December 1, 2012 as well as January 20 to February 23 this year. They show 2DayFM increasing its market share by 0.9 per cent overall and by 0.7 per cent in its crucial Kyle and Jackie O Show Breakfast slot.

The network would seem to have benefited from the scandal, which commenced with the prank call on 4th December, being played out in the ratings hiatus over Christmas and New Year's. 2Day did record a slight (0.1 per cent) drop in the Evenings slot in which the prank was conducted, however this was more than compensated for by big jumps in the Morning (1.8 per cent), Afternoon (1.5 per cent) and Drive (0.7 per cent) slots.

The survey also delivered good news for WSFM, with Amanda and Jonesy's Breakfast show recording a massive jump of 2.0 per cent to cement their status as the 2nd highest FM breakfast show. Triple J's Tom and Alex also recorded a 1.3 per cent jump in the same time slot.

"They're probably one of the best kept secrets in Sydney radio," said Duncan Campbell, National Content Director for ARN who own WSFM.

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Campbell acknowledged that 2Day had "a powerhouse of a breakfast show," but feels WSFM can compete for the top FM breakfast spot. "The gap is there. They're in this business to win, we're here to ensure WSFM is as strong as can be."

Jonesy and Amanda have just completed a competition with a potential prize of one million dollars. Campbell says this was "one element" in their ratings bump, but is confident the pair will keep their audience. "We'd like to see these guys in the 9's. That's where we see them."

It was also a good survey for the ABC with Triple J recording a 1.9 per cent bump overall, on the back of the Hottest 100 results and many a summer road trip. ABC702 was also up in all slots except Drive, which dropped by only 0.1 per cent yet Richard Glover extended his lead with the top drive show, over 2nd placed 2GB which dropped 1.2 per cent.

The biggest loser both in the breakfast slot - and overall - was 2GB. Alan Jones dropped a significant 2.8 per cent, while another scandal-ridden presenter, Ray Hadley dropped a staggering 3.7 per cent in his mornings slot. Hadley made headlines in the final weeks of the survey after he narrowly avoided being suspended from air after allegedly reducing a staff member to tears over a podcast upload.

2GB remains number one in both time slots, with Jones and Hadley still recording double figure audience shares of 15.4 and 14.9 per cent respectively.

The survey will come as bad news for Mix106.5, where the highly publicised first all-girl Sydney Breakfast team of Sami Lukis and Yumi Stynes have failed to find an audience in their first weeks. The pair recorded a drop of 0.4 per cent, with an audience share of 3.1 per cent ranking them 6th in the FM breakfast shows.

Lukis and Stynes were only in place for the second half of this survey however and will be hoping for better results from the next figures.